Improved safety-bbidle



@glatten gitane lstrnt @fitta t ELIES W. LINDEMAN, 0F MNNQR "EGWNSHD,PllNNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND hi. S. AND H. H. HARNlSH, OF SAMEPLACE. Letters Paf/mt No. 59,100, date-LZ September 2li, 1867.

lMPBJOVED SAFETY-BRIDLR TO ALL WHOM IT MAY UONGERN:

Be it known that I, ELIES W. LINDEMAN, ot" Manner township, in thecounty ot' Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful combination or improved Safety-Bridle; and I do hereby declarethat the followingv is a full and exact description oi the saine,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in whichi Figure l shows the combined riding-bridle, withthe continued head-stall forming the martingale.

Figure 2 shows a rein when two horses are used, with the strap or reincontinued for bitching to the eff horse. Figure 3 shows the applicationof the latter rein to the horse.

Figure il, the application of an ordinary line or rein shown applied. i

Figure 5 illustrates the passage of the rein C through the ring of thebit A and leather' washer D, forming a loop, E, and returning throughthe washer and ring of the bit, and continued as C', forming themartingale in one continuous strap or piece.

The object of this invention is to eifectually prevent a horse fromthrowing up his head, rearing, orlricking, by connecting the lowerportion of the extended head-stall with the girth, and so connecting itthrough the ring of the bit that when a pull is given to the line orrein it will not draw the head of the horse up, although the yielding ofthe mouth will cause the bit to rise upwards and bring the horse toyield submissively at once. Little more need be said, as the drawingsclearly illustrate the construction and operation as to enable any oneskilled in the art to make and use my invention. I may, however, explainmore fully the several parts referred to by letters, and the operationof the same.

|Ehe continuation of the head-stall C through the ring et' the bitdiffers from others in this important particular, being also passedthrough a washer, D, and doubled back, forming a sliding-loop, E. It isthrough this loop .K the ring F is held, to which ring the lines orreins are att-ached, thus acting on the loop so formed by carrying saidheadstallvback through the washer and ring ofthe bit, as shown by lig.5, and continued, forming the niarlf tingale C', which, by means ofbuckles, is connected to part M, lig. 1, forming a loop, L, throughwhich the girth is passed. Hence, any pull given to the line, rein, (orhitching-rein, 2,) connected with the ring F through the loop E on eachside of the horses mouth, draws directly on said sliding-loop E. The topof the horses head being the fulcrum above and the connection with thegirth beneath, consequently by drawing the loop out, in its passage bothways through the ring of the bit in the horses mouth, which latter beingthe only yielding point, the bit is raised upwards, and so elfectuallydoes this arrangement control and govern the animal that no horse,however vicious, will attempt to resist.; besides, the reins andmartingale ends of thc head-stall can be readily adjusted, or evenconnected with `th'e collar. When two or four horses are used Iprovidevmy rein H with a washer, D, and a rcgulating-buckle, I, andextend it into a strap, K, by which it may connect with the saddle orleading horse and keep the oil horse under full control, the adjustedportion II of the rein being passed over the llames, as shown by iig. 3.

am aware and familiar' with various devices, such as a simple strap andrings, strap and roller, gag-reins,

branching, face pieces, and various modes of attaching the reins, lines,8:0., to the rings of the bit, such as are the Patents Nos. 52,139,59,596, 59,937, 59,996, 60,254, besides other modes and devices claimed,which I disclaim.

P What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement and combination of the washer D D', `the sliding-loop E,when formed out of the continuous'strap C C', forming the head-stall andmartingale of a bridle, and passing twice through the same ringA ofthe'bit, all applied in the manner shown and for the purpose specified..

, ELIES W. LINDEMAN. Witnesses:l

I JOHN C. AMwno, JACOB STAUFFER.

